5 Geography, Environment and Geomatics
Geography (GEG)
Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geography, First British Columbia Edition∗
Stuart MacKinnon (UBC Okanagan), Katie Burles (College of the Rockies), Terence Day (Okanagan College), Fes de Scally (UBC Okanagan), Nina Hewitt (UBC), Crystal Huscroft (Thompson Rivers University), Gillian Krezoski (University of Victoria), Allison Lutz (Selkirk College), Craig Nichol (UBC Okanagan), Andrew Perkins (Simon Fraser University), Todd Redding (Okanagan College), Ian Saunders (UBC Okanagan), Leonard Tang (Langara College), and Chani Welch (Okanagan College)
2020
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This lab manual is a cross-institutional project from British Columbia (BC), Canada that provides 22 labs to be implemented within first-year post-secondary physical geography courses. The labs have been developed to be easily adapted for various course structures, durations, and differing laboratory learning objectives set out by instructors. Instructor notes are provided for each lab that outline the instructional intent of the lab author, along with some suggestions for modification. The lab manual consists of 22 labs that cover an introduction to physical geography, weather and climate, biogeography, map and geospatial skills, hydrology, geomorphology, and landform identification. The majority of the labs have a BC focus; however, they are useable across Canada and further abroad. The majority of the labs have been developed so that they can be done in any order to increase instructor flexibility and promote adaptability to differing course structures and durations. Many of the labs have students using live data, or built-in flexibility with datasets for instructors in order to prevent the lab exercises becoming static over time. The first edition of this lab manual is intended as a beta test of the lab manual for the 2020/21 academic year.
Formats: Pressbooks WebBook, EPUB, PDF, and MOBI
Includes: Learning objectives, dynamic Excel spreadsheets, worksheets, and lab exercises
Suggested for:
GEG 1301 The Physical Environment [espcially Labs 01, 03 and 06]
Physical Geography∗
Lumen Learning
2015
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
An open textbook published by Lumen Learning on Physical Geography. It includes chapters on planet Earth; plate tectonics; tectonic forces; weathering, erosion, and deposition; Earth’s fresh water; oceans and coastal environments; the atmosphere; and weather processes and systems.
Format: Online
Includes: Embedded videos
Suggested for:
GEG 1301 The Physical Environment [as supplementary resource]
Physical Geography and Natural Disasters∗
R. Adam Dastrup (Salt Lake Community College)
2020
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The intent of this textbook is to update and build upon the body of knowledge that exists within the geographic discipline.
Formats: Pressbooks WebBook, EPUB, PDF, MOBI, and more
Includes: Embedded videos
Suggested for:
GEG 1301 The Physical Environment
Physical Geology – 2nd Edition∗
Steven Earle